MITCHELL LAW v. BESSIE JEANNE WORTHY REVOCABLE

No. 20-10492.

8 F.4th 417 (2021)

The MITCHELL LAW FIRM, L.P., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BESSIE JEANNE WORTHY REVOCABLE TRUST; Estate of Bessie Jeanne Worthy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Wayne Mitchell , Mitchell Law Firm, L.P., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kevin John McDonnell , McDonnell Coates, L.L.P., Waxahachie, TX, Joyce Williams Lindauer , Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Higginbotham, Costa, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


The Mitchell Law Firm sued to recover its fees for a breach-of-fiduciary-duty suit. The parties reached an agreed judgment. The district court later discovered that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction and vacated its judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(4). Mitchell appealed. We affirm.

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